By the third date of group B of the Copa America, Peru won 2-1 with goals from Sergio Pena at 17 minutes of the first half and Yerry Mina, against, at 19 ′ of the complement; had transiently leveled Miguel Borja from penalty (8′ST), after a beautiful qualification by Edwin Cardona for Borja himself, who in speed surpassed the Peruvian goalkeeper Pedro Gallese, who ended up knocking him down inside the area.
In this way, Peru recovered from the defeat suffered by Brazil in its debut and achieved its first triumph in the tournament, to place itself in the qualifying zone for the quarterfinals with three units. Colombia, for its part, remains in second place with four points, two points behind Brazil, the next rival.
The match was played at the stadium Olympic Pedro Ludovico Teixeira de Goiania, where Colombia equaled 0-0 against Venezuela in a match that dominated, but did not win due to the outstanding performance of goalkeeper Wuilker Faríñez and the mistakes of his attackers.
The former Chile and Honduras coach also suffered the casualties of midfielder Matheus Uribe, by accumulation of yellow, and the extreme Luis Diaz, sent off against Vinotinto after entering the second half.
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STADIUM: Olympic Pedro Ludovico Teixeira, from Goiania.
REFEREE: Esteban Ostojich (URU)
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